Southampton face Bristol City on Saturday with the most impressive home record in the entire Championship.
Indeed, the Saints have picked up a flawless three wins from three on their own patch so far this season, scoring a hefty 11 goals along the way, as Stoke City, Millwall, and Swansea City have been beaten with ease.
They will be hoping this 100% record doesn't come crashing down at the hands of the visitors from Bristol on Saturday, who boast the division's best away record, to juxtapose Southampton's content nature at St. Mary's.
Bristol City will believe they can pick up an away win
Michael Skubala, much like Tonda Eckert, wasn't an instant success when stepping into his brand-new dug-out.
After guiding Lincoln City to the League One title last season, Skubala moved onto the Robins, and would taste the bitterness of two straight defeats to start his Ashton Gate tenure.
He has three wins on the bounce in more recent times, with the Reds yet to lose on their travels this season in the Championship.
Skubala and Co. made light work of relegation-threatened Preston North End at Deepdale to start September, with a confident 3-1 win secured, before then travelling to the Lilywhites' near neighbours Burnley to secure a late 2-1 victory.
The confident Robins would score both of their decisive goals at Turf Moor inside the final ten minutes, so Eckert's men will be praying that the game is done and dusted by that point in their own contest, as they put their home advantage to good use, so they're not on the receiving end of their own bruising comeback.
Of course, the Reds, who will be aiming for their first ever promotion up to the Premier League at the close of the gruelling 46-game marathon, will be wanting to inflict more away day misery, with this attacker definitely out to ruin Southampton's unbeaten streak.
This Robins star will be out to ruin the flawless record
Often, when a player comes back with a point to prove against their former side, they come out on top.
The promotion chasers didn't feel that, thankfully, against Swansea with Ross Stewart out injured, but they could feel the goalscoring wrath of another of their former strikers in Dom Ballard on Saturday, who now leads the line for the away team.
He was barely used by the South Coast giants in the first team picture when he was still around, and they must have big regrets about how much they neglected him right now, as he's been firing home the goals for the Robins in the second tier this season, after winning the golden boot at Leyton Orient only last season.
The confident number 23 has two goals next to his name this campaign in Championship action, with one of those strikes seeing him audaciously flick the ball into the net against Birmingham, which might just put him in Puskás award winning contention.
A quite frankly, ludicrous goal from Dom Ballard. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/sHS6VlIZF9
— Bristol City FC (@BristolCity) August 22, 2026
His boyhood side just never gave him a fair run of games in the senior set-up, with only a meagre four senior games falling into his lap.
Since leaving, he has bagged a red-hot 25 goals from 50 games for the O's, and for the Robins, with both of his strikes to date for his new employers coming away from home.
He would love to bring his ex-club's long-standing run at home to a crashing halt with a match-winner on Saturday.
But, Skubala will know his defenders will need to to be switched on to tame the likes of Cyle Larin and Finn Azaz in order to dampen the spirits, in what should be a fascinating clash to watch from a neutral's point of view.
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